Astronomers have found a decently big iceball on a ridiculously elongated elliptical orbit *way* out past Neptune.
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Astronomers have found a decently big iceball on a ridiculously elongated elliptical orbit *way* out past Neptune. It hints at a whole population of these things, and does throw a monkey in the wrench for Planet Nine.
Astronomers find a new denizen in the deep black of the solar system
2017 OF201 is a giant iceball far, far beyond Neptune...and it complicates things for Planet Nine
Bad Astronomy Newsletter (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
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Astronomers have found a decently big iceball on a ridiculously elongated elliptical orbit *way* out past Neptune. It hints at a whole population of these things, and does throw a monkey in the wrench for Planet Nine.
Astronomers find a new denizen in the deep black of the solar system
2017 OF201 is a giant iceball far, far beyond Neptune...and it complicates things for Planet Nine
Bad Astronomy Newsletter (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
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Although it would be fun if we discovered Planet Nine was populated entirely by monkeys with wrenches